From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 15 23:12:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA27598 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 23:12:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from camel14.mindspring.com (camel14.mindspring.com [207.69.200.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA27583 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 23:12:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mfarace@mindspring.com) Received: from armadillo (ip151.santa-clara9.ca.pub-ip.psi.net [38.28.22.151]) by camel14.mindspring.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA18451; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 02:12:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980615231211.008eca20@pop.mindspring.com> X-Sender: mfarace@pop.mindspring.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 23:12:11 -0700 To: Sanjay Waghray From: "Michael L. Farace" Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.6 - System disappearing off the network sometimes Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <357FF787.D2B5E08D@home.com> References: <3.0.3.32.19980611064525.02ff9bd4@pop.mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Output of 'arp -a' --------------------- ircdalnet# arp -a ? (207.171.219.1) at 0:10:14:b6:60:a0 Some things in the /var/log/messages file: ------------------------------------------- Jun 6 17:19:00 ircdalnet /kernel: Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: Jun 6 17:19:00 ircdalnet /kernel: chip0 rev 3 on pci0:0:0 Jun 6 17:19:00 ircdalnet /kernel: chip1 rev 3 on pci0:1:0 Jun 6 17:19:00 ircdalnet /kernel: chip2 rev 1 on Jun 6 17:19:00 ircdalnet /kernel: chip3 rev 1 on pci0:7:1 Jun 6 17:19:00 ircdalnet /kernel: chip4 rev 1 int d irq 11 on pci0:7:2 Jun 6 17:19:00 ircdalnet /kernel: chip5 rev 1 on pci0:7:3 Jun 6 17:19:00 ircdalnet /kernel: vx0 <3COM 3C900 Etherlink XL PCI> rev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:14:0 Jun 6 17:19:00 ircdalnet /kernel: utp/aui/bnc[*utp*]: disable 'auto select' with DOS util! address 00:10:4b:1f:51:2c Jun 6 17:19:00 ircdalnet /kernel: Probing for devices on PCI bus 1: Jun 6 17:19:00 ircdalnet /kernel: vga0 rev 4 int a irq 9 on pci1:0:0 Someone else suggested forcing the Media Type - from one of the messages above, I think this might be a good idea! Any other suggestions? Thanks! Mike Farace At 08:28 AM 6/11/98 -0700, Sanjay Waghray wrote: >Do an arp -a and see what's going on. I've seen weird behavior >with the arp code since I upgraded to 2.2.6 a couple of weeks >back. > >Please report back what you find and also look for messages >of the form below in your /var/log/messages file: > >Jun xx 01:46:31 freebsd-box /kernel: arp: xx.yy.zz.aa moved from >xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx to yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy. > >Sanjay > > > >Michael L. Farace wrote: >> >> Ever since I have installed FreeBSD 2.2.6, the sytem disappears off the >> network sometime, and you cannot ping or telnet to it - until some goes and >> reboots it! >> >> any clue? It has a 3C905 NIC I belive, and is using the driver vx0. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mike Farace >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message